Jason Michael Webb, the show’s guest music director, said he wants audiences at the musical about Jelly Roll Morton to experience “a time period that does not exist anymore.”
Category: Theater
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Inside a ‘Hadestown’ Star’s Home in Harlem
‘I’ve been here a while,’ said Lillias White, who plays Hermes in the Tony-winning musical. ‘Hence the clutter.’
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Second City Expands to New York
The improv comedy institution is under new ownership after missteps, and now it has a gleaming new home in Williamsburg.
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Book Review: “Cocktails With George and Martha” by Philip Gefter
With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn’t easy. “Cocktails With George and Martha” pours out the details.
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph: Major Prizes, Major Attention, Major Unease
The “Holdovers” star sometimes feels overwhelmed by the glare of the spotlight. “In a very otherworldly way, my entire world has changed.”
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The Vocal Coach Who Keeps Broadway (and Patti LuPone) in Tune
“She saved my career,” Patti LuPone said of this indispensable vocal therapist and coach whose clients include Madonna and Billy Porter.
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Tyne Daly Withdraws From ‘Doubt’ on Broadway, Citing Health
Amy Ryan will replace her in the show, which also stars Liev Schreiber and began previews on Saturday.
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‘Some Like It Hot’ Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album
The new jazz age musical adaptation of the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film closed in December.
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The Musical Force Behind the Communal, Queer ‘Bark of Millions’
Matt Ray is a prolific songwriter and the musical nexus of New York’s alt-cabaret scene. His next project: Taylor Mac’s latest marathon performance.
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Don Murray, a Star in Films That Took on Social Issues, Dies at 94
An Oscar-nominated role opposite Marilyn Monroe in “Bus Stop” led to a long career in film and TV and onstage, in productions that grappled with race, drugs, homosexuality and more.
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‘The Connector,’ a Show That Asks: Should News Feel True or Be True?
A new musical from Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince and Jonathan Marc Sherman explores the diverging trajectories of two young writers in the late 1990s.
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Chita Rivera Tributes Pour in From Rita Moreno, the Cast of ‘Chicago’ and More
Onstage and off, she was celebrated as a pathbreaking triple-threat who left a huge legacy in musical theater and dance.